$776,000,000

volvo

…the maximum value of the Pentagon contract to Volvo Construction Equipment North America of Ashville, N.C., announced Tuesday for “construction equipment.” The equipment will be provided to the “Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies” over the next five years. In addition to North Carolina, work will be done in “Pennsylvania, Sweden, and Korea.” Three-quarters of a billion dollars. That’s a lot of trucks.